Janine Sullivan Love, Events Director and Contributing Editor

Janine Sullivan Love has a strong interest in science and technology, was trained as an educator, and began working as a professional writer more than 19 years ago. She currently serves as Event Director at Horizon House Publications, Inc., primarily working on the EDICON China and EDICON USA conferences. She is also a contributing editor to Signal Integrity Journal and Microwave Journal.

Mentor Graphics Announces DesignCon Highlights

Here's what's coming up at DesignCon 2017

Mentor Graphics is gearing up for a strong presence at DesignCon 2017 (Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA; January 31-February 2). The company will host in-depth signal integrity training at its facility on January 31st, and will be building a theater style booth (#1043) on the show floor for continuous demonstrations on February 1 and 2. In addition, employee experts will be presenting three technical papers and will be receiving a Best Paper of the Year Award.

SI Bootcamp

Starting on Tuesday, January 31, Mentor Graphics will be hosting a “Practical, Hands-On Essential Principles of SI Bootcamp” from 8:30 until 4:00pm. If you attended his SI bootcamp at DesignCon 2016, you are already familiar with the presenter, Eric Bogatin (who is also the editor of the Signal Integrity Journal). Topics covered in this bootcamp include: transmission lines, stack ups, and signals; reflections, routing, and terminations; crosstalk; differential pair design and losses; loss and channels; and PDN design. The session will use simulation exercises in HyperLynx, so bring your laptop. This event requires pre-registration and is happening on the Mentor Graphics Fremont campus. You can register here.

Figure 2: Channel Operating Margin (COM) allows checking the “goodness” of links based on a specific, complex set of simulation steps that in the end produces a single pass/fail number per-channel The new version of HyperLynx implements COM for 100GbE signaling, with all simulation details fully automated.

Booth Demos

On the show floor, in booth #1043, Mentor Graphics will be showcasing its HyperLynx simulation tools, specifically highlighting:

Finally, Mentor Graphics engineers Vladimir Dmitriev-Zdorov, Cristian Filip, and Chuck Ferry will share a DesignCon 2016 Best Paper Award with Al Neves from WildRiver Technology (and a Signal Integrity Journal Editorial Advisory Board member) for their paper “BER and COM Way Channel Compliance Evaluation: What are the Sources of Difference?”

See you at DesignCon! Signal Integrity Journal will be at tabletop T2. Use the promo code "INVITEME147" to save 15% off an All-Access or 2-Day pass, or claim a complimentary Expo Pass, at www.designcon.com/.